3702.74
Contract for participation.

(A)
A
primary care physician who has signed a letter of intent under section 3702.73
of the Revised Code and the director of health may enter into a contract for
the physician's participation in the physician loan repayment program. The
physician's employer or other funding source may also be a party to the
contract.

(1)
The
primary care physician agrees to provide primary care services in the health
resource shortage area identified in the letter of intent for
the number of hours and duration specified in the
contract;

(2)
When
providing primary care services in the health resource shortage area, the
primary care physician agrees to do all of the following:

(a)
Provide
primary care services in an outpatient or ambulatory setting approved by the department of health;

(b)
Provide
primary care services without regard to a patient's ability to pay;

(c)
Meet
the requirements for a medicaid provider agreement and enter into the agreement
with the department of medicaid to provide primary care services to medicaid
recipients.

(3)
The
department of health agrees, as provided in section 3702.75 of the Revised
Code, to repay, so long as the primary care physician performs the service
obligation agreed to under division (B)(1) of this section, all or part of the
principal and interest of a government or other educational loan taken by the
primary care physician for expenses described in section 3702.75 of the Revised
Code;

(4)
The
primary care physician agrees to pay the department of health an amount
established by rules adopted under section 3702.79 of the Revised Code if the
physician fails to complete the service obligation agreed to under division
(B)(1) of this section.

(C)
The
contract shall include the following terms
as agreed upon by the parties:

(1)
The primary care physician's required length of
service in the health resource shortage area, which must be at least two
years;

(2)
The number of weekly hours the primary care physician
will be engaged in full-time practice or part-time practice in the health
resource shortage area;

(3)
The maximum amount that the department will repay on
behalf of the primary care physician;

(4)
The extent to which the primary care physician's
teaching activities will be counted toward the physician's full-time practice
or part-time practice hours under the contract.

(D)
If the amount specified in division (C)(3) of this
section includes funds from the bureau of clinician recruitment and service in
the United States department of health and human services, the amount of state
funds repaid on the individual's behalf shall be the same as the amount of
those funds.